Undergraduate School

B.A., Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO

Other School

M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 2015

Other School

Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 2019

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) Scholar, UC Davis, 2021

NIH Travel Award, 2020

JB Hawley Student Research Award, University of Minnesota, 2016

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1LKjdbaWeij5M/bibliography/public/

Nguyen ML, Huie EZ, Whitmer RA, George KM, Dugger BN. Neuropathology Studies of Dementia in US Persons other than Non-Hispanic Whites. Free Neuropathol. 2022;3:10.17879/freeneuropathology-2022-3795. doi:10.17879/freeneuropathology-2022-3795. Epub 2022 Mar 10. PMID:35425946.

Meza E, Peterson R, Gilsanz P, George KM, Miles SJ, Eng CW, Mungas DM, Mayeda ER, Glymour MM, Whitmer RA. Perceived Discrimination, Nativity, and Cognitive Performance in a Multiethnic Study of Older Adults: Findings From the Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Feb 3;77(2):e65-e73. doi:10.1093/gerona/glab170. PMID:34125189.

Calmasini C, Swinnerton KN, Zimmerman SC, Peterson RL, George KM, Gilsanz P, Hayes-Larson E, Mayeda ER, Mungas DM, Whitmer RA, Glymour MM. Association of Social Integration with Cognitive Status in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort: Results From the Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences Study. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2022 Jan 25:8919887211070259. doi:10.1177/08919887211070259. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35077251.

George KM, Peterson RL, Gilsanz P, Barnes LL, Mayeda ER, Glymour MM, Mungas DM, DeCarli CS, Whitmer RA. Stroke Belt birth state and late-life cognition in the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR). Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Dec;64:26-32. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.09.001. Epub 2021 Sep 9. PMID:34509621.

Lee M, Hughes TM, George KM, Griswold ME, Sedaghat S, Simino J, Lutsey PL. Education and Cardiovascular Health as Effect Modifiers of APOE ε4 on Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 Oct 6:glab299. doi:10.1093/gerona/glab299. Epub ahead of print. PMID:34614170.

Peterson RL, George KM, Barnes LL, Gilsanz P, Mayeda ER, Glymour MM, Mungas DM, Whitmer RA. Association of Timing of School Desegregation in the United States With Late-Life Cognition in the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR) Cohort. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2129052. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29052. PMID:34668943.

George KM, Gilsanz P, Peterson RL, Barnes LL, DeCarli CS, Mayeda ER, Mungas DM, Whitmer RA. Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Midlife on Late-Life Cognition: Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 Aug 13;76(9):1692-1698. doi:10.1093/gerona/glab143. PMID:34387334.

Peterson RL, George KM, Tran D, Malladi P, Gilsanz P, Kind AJH, Whitmer RA, Besser LM, Meyer OL. Operationalizing Social Environments in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Research: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 4;18(13):7166. doi:10.3390/ijerph18137166. PMID:34281103.

Peterson RL, George KM, Gilsanz P, Mayeda ER, Glymour MM, Meyer OL, Mungas DM, DeCarli C, Whitmer RA. Lifecourse socioeconomic changes and late-life cognition in a cohort of U.S.-born and U.S. immigrants: findings from the KHANDLE study. BMC Public Health. 2021 May 13;21(1):920. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10976-6. PMID:33985461.